An award-winning journalist discusses his life-changing friendship with the late children's TV programming host, describing how Rogers welcomed the author into his personal life and church, helping him to mend a long-standing dysfunctional relationship with his own father. By the author of See No Evil. Simultaneous.

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From the Back Cover:

Advance Praise for I’m Proud of You

"Reveals in a gentle and powerful way how one person can make a difference. Fred Rogers took the time out to share the most powerful gift we can give another, our unconditional love. Hopefully this book will stimulate others to reach out without judgments, to give our peace and unconditional love to everyone we meet." —Gerald G. Jampolsky, M.D., author of Love Is Letting Go of Fear

"A book to treasure, something very special, and a testament to human love that the late Mr. Rogers would indeed be proud of. . . .A truly inspiring book!" —Michael Gurian, author of The Minds of Boys and The Wonder of Girls

"Even if readers don’t feel their day-to-day lives transformed by this luminous memoir, in times of grief or of loss they’ll know which book on their shelf to turn to." –Publishers Weekly (starred)

About the Author:

Tim Madigan is an award-winning newspaper journalist and the author of two critically acclaimed books; See No Evil: Blind Devotion and Bloodshed in David Koresh's Holy War and The Burning: Massacre, Destruction, and the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921. He lives in Arlington, Texas.